Interfering-boot for horses.



A. SGHWEMBERGER.

INTERFERING BOOT FOR HORSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1909.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

ALBERT SCI-IWEMBERGER, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOEDWARD NORD, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

INTERFERING-IBOOT FOR HORSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 9, 1909. Serial No. 482,308.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT SOHWEM- BERGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Interfering-Boots for Horses of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to interfering boots for horses the object beingto provide a boot with a wooden fender which will prevent striking ofthe hoof against the fetlock.

A further object of my invention is to provide a boot which is soconstructed that it can be easily and quickly attached or detached fromthe leg of a horse and one which will not injure the leg in any manner.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a boot with awooden fender whereby the fender will always be held rigid so that itwill extend inwardly in the proper position at all times therebyovercoming the difliculties now existing with boots having a leatherfender as the leather becomes wet and gets soft so that it drops down.

A still further object of the invention is to provide the boot with padswhich are so arranged in respect to the buckle and fender that alldanger of the leg of the horse becoming sore at the point where the bootis placed is prevented.

With these objects in view my invention consists of the novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved boot showing it applied tothe leg of a horse and, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the boot.

In carrying out my improved invent-ion I employ a strap A which isprovided with a buckle B at one end over which is arranged a felt pad Cwhich is secured to a strip of leather C by rivets G one of the rivetspassing through the strap A adjacent the buckle and adapted to extendover the buckle in such a manner that all danger of the animal becomingrubbed by the buckle is prevented.

Arranged over the strap A is a piece of leather D which is provided withslots D through which the strap passes and between the slots is secureda Wooden fender E by a rivet and washer F so that the same will be heldoutwardly in the position shown in Fig. 1 firmly whereby it will strikeagainst the other leg of the horse when the legs are brought too closetogether which will prevent the horse from interfering as after thewooden fender strikes the opposite leg once or twice the horse willspread his legs in traveling which will in time break the horse ofinterfering.

Secured to the piece of leather D by a pin F is a felt pad G which isprovided with a leather facing H adapted to engage the strap A and pieceof leather D as clearly shown in Fig. 2 so as to increase the wear ofthe same and it will be seen that by arranging the felt pad as shown andproviding the same with a fender the fender will yield to a certainextent when it is brought into engagement with the leg of the animalwhereby all danger of the leg becoming injured is prevented and it willbe seen that by having the pad movably mounted on the strap A it can beshifted to any position desired so as to bring the fender into thecorrect position.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided aninterfering boot for horses which is provided with a slidably mountedfelt pad which is carried by a piece of leather which carries a woodenfender and it will be seen that should the fender become detached at anytime accidentally the pad can be readily removed and a new one inserted.

It will also be seen that by this construction it is only necessary tousea boot on one leg of the horse thereby overcoming the difficulty ofplacing one upon each leg and at the same time accomplishing the sameresult that is now accomplished by the use 0 two boots.

The fender E is provided with a longitudinal bore through which therivet F passes, the outer end of the fender being provided with anenlarged bore in which is placed a plug F/ after the rivet has beenforced in position through the bore and it will be seen that by thisarrangement the fender will be securely held in position without anydanger of it being accidentally detached.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture, an interfering boot forhorses comprising a strap having a buckle at one end and a pad arrangedunder said buckle, a rectangular piece of leather provided With spacedslits,

through which said strap passes, said piece of leather having a felt padfor covering the inner face of the same, a tapering Wooden fenderextending laterally from the outer face of said piece of leather betweensaid slits, said fender being provided With a longitudinal boreterminating at its outer end 10 in an enlarged portion, a rivetextending l through said bore having a head at its outer end and securedto said piece of leather at its inner end for holding said fendercentrally and a plug arranged Within the enlarged bore of said fender.

ALBERT SCHWEMBERGER.

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